The space agency is investing in the development of a propulsion system that uses nuclear power to create plasma bursts.
Venus likely started off with the same amount of water as Earth, but today the hellish world has 100,000 times less water than its sister planet.
Boeing's Starliner is the latest addition to the surprisingly short list of passenger spacecraft in NASA's history.
This is the latest in a series of delays that have marred the maiden test flight of a crewed Starliner spacecraft.
The new suits will be worn during the upcoming Polaris Dawn mission, in which the Crew Dragon spacecraft will orbit Earth for five days.
Starliner's first crewed test flight is set for launch on Monday following years of delays and glitches. Given it's Boeing, we're nervous as hell.
Chang'e 6 just kicked off its 53-day journey to the Moon and back, in what's poised to be a historic mission.
NASA's inspector general revealed new details regarding lingering anomalies with the Orion capsule's heat shield.
The mission launched on April 23 to test sunlight-propelled space travel.
The embattled company has suffered numerous setbacks prior to reaching this stage, making us a bit nervous for Monday's crewed launch.
As it turns out, it's quite difficult to keep track of 27,000 objects flying around Earth orbit.
The telescope captured an incredibly intricate, close-up view of one of the most famous celestial objects.
The orbiting observatory was recently shut down in November because one of its instruments started giving incorrect readings.
The draft resolution sponsored by the U.S. and Japan would have reaffirmed a ban already put forth by the Outer Space Treaty.
China's Tiangong space station partially lost power after its solar panels were struck by an unidentified object late last year.
The potentially hazardous asteroid is on its way for an uncomfortably close flyby of Earth in 2029.
Asteroid Kamo’oalewa, discovered in 2016, has puzzled astronomers with its unusual Earth-like orbit.
It was a wild year for NASA, and the space agency has the pictures to prove it.
The mission rode aboard Rocket Lab's Electron, reusing one of the rocket's boosters for the first time.
How would the chaotic alien world from the series' virtual reality game look in real life? We spoke to the show's science advisor to find out.
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